Specimens.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Individual samples or units that are deliberately selected for examination, display, or study, and are usually chosen as typical of their kind.
Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:
A portion of the 'Orkney Sea Snake', widely known as the 'Beast of Stronsay', sent to Lord Byron; with correspondence, a transcription and press cutting concerning the same, , 1815-1977.
File
Identifier: MS.43544
Scope and Contents
The box containing the specimens contains a labels reading "A portion of hte bone and bristle of the sea snake found off Orkney 1808. Sent with a descriptiove letter by Joanna Baillie to Lady Byron, for Byron, 1815".The box also has notes and captions relating to the contents attached to the box. There is also related correspondence, press cuttings and notes:Letter of Joanna Baillie to Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;...
Dates:
1815-1977.
Albums containing specimens of printing and engraving., 1856, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.5811/40-53
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes biographies and histories of members of the Johnston family, and business records of W and A K Johnston, Ltd, founded in 1826 by William and Alexander Keith Johnston.
Dates:
1856, undated.
'Ancient Writings’, being specimens of handwriting from Scottish documents of various dates ranging from the Middle Ages to 1681., ?15th century-1681.
File
Identifier: MS.3144
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the papers are accompanied by transcripts or summaries by Alexander Macdonald.
Dates:
?15th century-1681.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
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Copies and facsimiles of manuscripts, chiefly of Scottish interest, and mainly taken from various publications of the Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs.
Botanical notebook of George Crabbe containing notes on the taxonomy of `British plants` with, reversed from the rear, `Extracts from the second volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society, 1794`., Circa 1800.
Item
Identifier: MS.42069
Scope and Contents
The title is based on the description of the volume in the `Index of English Literary Manuscripts`, volume 3, part 1, page 330 (London : Mansell, 1986).
With the notebook are 8 pressed specimens of British flora and fauna : 5 plant specimens and 3 insect specimens, including the remains of two damselflies.
Dates:
Circa 1800.
Copy, dated Edinburgh, 1680, of a treatise, circa 1590, on general maritime law entitled 'Tractatus legum et consuetudinum navalium quae apud omnes fere gentes in usu habentur, omnia nautica et quaecunque ex causis marinis in judicium veniunt succincte definiens. Auctore Alexandro Regio', ie., Alexander King, Advocate and Judge Admiral of Scotland., 1680.
File
Identifier: MS.1948
Scope and Contents
The treatise is followed by 'The form & maner of holding of Courts of Admiralitie & proces led before them' (in Scotland) (page 151); specimens of documents, etc. (page 167); and an index to the law of Scotland (not maritime) (page 189).
Dates:
1680.
Correspondence of Edward Johnston with Sir David Young Cameron., 1925-1929.
File
Identifier: MS.21399
Scope and Contents
The correspondence concerns addresses commissioned from Edward Johnston, and include drafts by him, and one of his lettering sheets, 1902.
Dates:
1925-1929.
Day books relating to Anderston and Milton printworks., 1806-1809.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17962-17969
Scope and Contents
The day-books give detailed accounts of experiments and developments in the production of colours using original recipes and ideas from as far afield as Turkey and France. The colours produced were then used to dye for example, cotton, linen, silk, and woollens. Some specimen products are included in the volumes. Six of the Day books, MSS. 17962-7967, relate to Anderston print works, Glasgow, and probably belonged to Patrick Mitchell who was General Manager there until his purchase of the...
Dates:
1806-1809.
Designs for book decorations, stage sets and garden buildings by William McLaren.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11560
Scope and Contents
Includes a sketchbook, specimans of calligraphy and printed books designed or decorated by McLaren.
Dates:
1943-1968.
Duplicated copies of instructional sheets for lettering of Edward Johnston, which were used in his classes at the Royal College of Art and the London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts., 1899-1908, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21398
Dates:
1899-1908, undated.
Examples of lettering and correspondence of the calligrapher Edward Johnstone (1872-1944).
Series
Identifier: MSS.21398-21399
Dates:
1899-1929, undated.
‘Gaelic Proverbs, Adages, Maxims & Common Sayings, with an English translation & explanatory notes. To which is added, A Specimen of a Gaelic Calendar', by James McIntyre, schoolmaster in Glasgow.
File
Identifier: MS.1832
Scope and Contents
The author died in January 1835, when the work was about to be published. At the end are printed proofs of part of the preface and selections in manuscript from the proverbs given before. At the beginning is a note on McIntyre's life and work.
Dates:
[1835, or before.]
Letters and papers, including a specimen printed sheet, 1784, concerning the New Musical Type devised by Samuel Arnold for his edition of the works of George Frideric Handel.
File
Identifier: MS.21848
Dates:
1784.
Letters, minutes and other papers of the Abbotsford Club., 1714-1857, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1867
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, orders for paper, minutes of meetings, lists of subscriptions, etc., 1834-1843, 1857 (folio 1);(ii) Copies of letters, 1714-1726, of the Earls of Mar and Inverness to Alexander Robertson of Strowan, preceded by a short account of Strowan, undated (folio 44);(iii) Printed minutes of meetings, 1840-1842, 1844, and rules of the Club, 1842 (folio 81);(iv) Specimen cheque and receipts taken from the Club's...
Dates:
1714-1857, undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Arthur Benson., 1897-1936.
File
Identifier: MS.40086
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1897-1920, of Arthur Benson to John Murray IV, with related letters and papers dating to 1936. They mostly concern works of Benson published by Murray, including “The Schoolmaster”, “The house of quiet”, “The thread of gold”, and “The letters of Queen Victoria”, of which he was co-editor. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1897-1899: folios 1-6;1902: folios 7-58;1903: folios 59-94;1904: folios 95-128;1905:...
Dates:
1897-1936.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Earl to Easton., 1821-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.40356
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Earl, Alfred George.Letter, 1898, of Alfred George Earl to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Earl, George Samuel Windsor.Letter, 1853, of George Windsor Earl to John Murray III. Folios 3-4.Earl, W.Letter, 1860, of W Earl to John Murray III. Folios 5-6.Earle, Alice Morse.Letter, 1896, of Alice Morse Earle to John...
Dates:
1821-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Kings to Kinnear, A., 1829-1921.
File
Identifier: MS.40652
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added at the end of the sequence.Kings College, London.Report, 1829, of the general meeting for King’s College, London. Folios 1-2.Kingscote, Adeline Georgiana Isabella.Letters, 1900 and 1907-1908, of Adeline Georgiana Isabella Kingscote to John Murray IV. Folios 3-9.Kingsford, Hugh Sadler.Letter,...
Dates:
1829-1921.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Brown, G. to Brown, H., 1821-1926.
File
Identifier: MS.40156
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, where required, by date under each name.Brown, George, 1821: folios 1-8;Brown, George, 1901: folios 9-10;Brown, Gerard Baldwin, 1898-1925 and undated: folios 11-149:includes letter, 1891, of Gerard Baldwin Brown to William Knight: folios 38-39;Brown, Henry, 1866: folios 150-151;Brown, Henry A., 1879: folios 152-155;Brown, Henry C., 1924: folio...
Dates:
1821-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Burleigh to Burney, J., 1807-1919.
File
Identifier: MS.40171
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, where required, by date under each name. Some of the letters include replies.Burleigh, Thomas, c1899: folio 1;Burlingame, Edward, 1891: folios 2-3;Burmester, George, 1885: folios 4-5;Burn, J.H., 1896-1919: folios 6-34;Burn, John S., 1843: folios 35-36;Burn, Robert, 1851-1875: folios 37-44;Burnand, Francis, 1886-1910 and undated: folios...
Dates:
1807-1919.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Eastwick to Eaton, Charles., 1850-1917.
File
Identifier: MS.40357
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Eastwick, Edward Backhouse.Letters, 1850, 1852-1858, 1864-1865, 1874-1877, 1879-1881 and 1883, of Edward Backhouse Eastwick to John Murray III and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-106.Folio 9. Wrapper, 2 July 1853, for an unknown item, addressed to John Murray III.Folio 21. Specimen of a page from one of John Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers,...
Dates:
1850-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Foulkes to Fox, G., 1814-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.40419
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Foulkes, Augustine Lempriere.Letters, 1897 and 1901, of Augustine Lempriere Foulkes to John Murray IV. Folios 1-8.Folios 3-6. Printed specimen, 1897, of a translation entitled ‘The Æneid of Virgil, in English’, by Augustine Lempriere Foulkes. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1897, of Foulkes to John Murray IV, folios 1-2.Fountain, Paul.Letters,...
Dates:
1814-1914.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Gibbs to Giberne., 1870-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.40445
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gibbs, George Harold.Letters, 1899-1900, of George Harold Gibbs to John Murray IV. Folios 1-3.Gibbs, Henry Hucks.Letters, 1870, 1883, 1894-1895, 1899 and 1904, of Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham, to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 4-14.Folio 8. Copy, 1870, of a journal entry relating to Henry Hucks Gibbs’ visit to...
Dates:
1870-1924.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Lindsay, Anna to Lindsay, P., 1818-1926.
File
Identifier: MS.40702
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Lindsay, Anna.Letter, 1895, of Anna Lindsay to John Murray IV. Folio 1.Lindsay, Charles Hugh.Letter, 1866, of Hon. Charles Hugh Lindsay to John Murray III. Folios 2-3.Lindsay, Charlotte.Letter, ?1846, of Lady Charlotte Lindsay to John Murray III. Folios 4-5.Lindsay, Coutts.Letters, 1860, 1871 and 1895-1898,...
Dates:
1818-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Emma Caillard., 1887-1916.
File
Identifier: MS.40183
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1887-1916, of Emma Caillard to John Murray IV, with some letters to John Murray III and Hallam Murray. They concern works of hers published by the Murrays including “Invisible powers of nature”, “Electricity, the science of the nineteenth century”, “Progressive revelation”, and “Individual immortality”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1887-1888: folios 1-35; (1)1889-1890: folios 36-54; (2)1891-1892: folios 55-67;...
Dates:
1887-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood., 1862-1918.
File
Identifier: MS.40108
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1862-1918, of Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood to John Murray III, John Murray IV, and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern works of hers published by the Murrays, including “Our viceregal life in India: selections from my journal” and “My Canadian journal 1872-8”. Later letters discuss the biography of her husband by Alfred Lyall, and also the impact of the First World War on her family. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1862:...
Dates:
1862-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Julian., 1879-1884.
File
Identifier: MS.40630
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1879-1884, of John Julian to John Murray III and John Murray IV, with related letters and papers. They concern his work “A dictionary of hymnology” published by the Murrays. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1879: folios 1-5;1882: folios 6-12;1883: folios 13-46; (1)1884: folios 47-152. (2)1. Includes letter, 6 October 1883, of William Cooke to John Murray III: folios 25-26;estimate, 26 November...
Dates:
1879-1884.